Third Choice of Linux Distro?

Brian Densmore DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Mon Mar 29 14:36:13 CST 2004


-----Original Message-----
>From:	Leo J Mauler
>
>On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:58:39 -0600 Gerald Combs <gerald at zing.org> writes:
>> Leo J Mauler wrote:
>> > 
>> > FreeBSD would be fine if I could figure out how to change the 
>> default
>> > shell.  Korn just isn't my shell.
>> 
>> Have you tried chpass(1) or chsh(1)?
>> 
>>      http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=chpass
>> 
>> vipw(8) should work as well.
>
>I tried chpass and chsh, but neither one seemed to make a difference.  I
>don't have direct access to /etc/passwd (its a shell account on SDF).
Well it is entirely possible that you are restricted to a certain shell,
if you are on someone else's machine. Have you been able to determine if 
there is even any other shell installed? 
BTW who is SDF?




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